Assessing the Factors Contributing to the Collapse of Structures after the Maras, Turkey Earthquakes

A multi-disciplinary special session on the 2023 Turkey/Syria Earthquake Sequence was held at the 2023 EERI Annual Meeting on Tuesday, April 11, 2023 in San Francisco, CA. The session included presentations from members of reconnaissance teams recently returned from the field and other experts that provided overview of impacts from the February 6, 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquake Sequence. In this presentation, Ali Sari, Istanbul Technical University/University of Texas at San Antonio, presents on Assessing the Factors Contributing to the Collapse of Structures after the Maras Earthquakes in Turkey: Field Observations of 500 Damaged Buildings.